Wednesday's letters: Like little kids

Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 6:04 p.m.

To the editor: The people we elected to go to Washington, D.C., are supposed to solve problems, not cause them. They sound like little kids arguing over a trivial toy.

We should start an anti-social network for them, to be called “2-FacedBook,” where they can unfriend each other and alienate the electorate on a daily basis.

Irving Kasner

Etowah

Not about color

To the editor: Just how many race cards are in the deck from which “liberals” deal?

In the Feb. 23 letter “Why Republican?”, the author only shows he is well versed in regurgitating the talking points of the Democratic National Committee. His statement, “Republicans, mostly in the South, find it difficult to accept a black man in the White House” is in itself racist. The Democrats are the party that insists on injecting race into every dialogue.

The distaste for the present administration is based on policies, not skin color. Barack Obama’s blatant disregard of the Constitution — a law designed to protect Americans from tyrannical rulers such as himself — is evidence of bad policy. Other bad policies include funneling taxpayer money to campaign donors in the guise of “green energy,” giving automatic weapons to drug cartels, ignoring current immigration law, promoting welfare and food stamp dependency, and the list goes on.

The premise that we must abandon democracy and accept socialist/Marxist transformation because nobody may criticize a black person is absurd.

Tom Kaye

Hendersonville

Laws of nature

To the editor: Nature is the foundation of all things and the essence of life itself.

Humans once lived in harmony with nature. Some still do. We call them indigenous, aboriginal, uncivilized and even heathens. Yet, they did not violate nature as we do today. With all our intelligence and technology, we have learned to ignore the laws of nature. We have set ourselves above and superior to it, thus ignoring the fruits of some of human nature’s most valuable gifts that are not necessarily apparent.

We have let our lust for power, greed and world dominance blind us from those natural attributes that really enhance life, not only for ourselves but for all life on our planet.

If we really wanted to rule the world, we might try understanding universal and human nature. Therein lies power such as we have never seen. But it isn’t dominating power — it is a foundational power. A power, when in cooperation with the natural laws of the universe, produce all the basic virtues that we all hope for, such as kindness, honesty, fairness, caring, respect, appreciation, affection and love. But these will only be realized when we humble ourselves and seek a new set of values.

<p>To the editor: The people we elected to go to Washington, D.C., are supposed to solve problems, not cause them. They sound like little kids arguing over a trivial toy.</p><p>We should start an anti-social network for them, to be called 2-FacedBook, where they can unfriend each other and alienate the electorate on a daily basis.</p><p><em>Irving Kasner</em></p><p><em>Etowah</em></p><h3>Not about color</h3>
<p>To the editor: Just how many race cards are in the deck from which liberals deal?</p><p>In the Feb. 23 letter Why Republican?, the author only shows he is well versed in regurgitating the talking points of the Democratic National Committee. His statement, Republicans, mostly in the South, find it difficult to accept a black man in the White House is in itself racist. The Democrats are the party that insists on injecting race into every dialogue.</p><p>The distaste for the present administration is based on policies, not skin color. Barack Obama’s blatant disregard of the Constitution  a law designed to protect Americans from tyrannical rulers such as himself  is evidence of bad policy. Other bad policies include funneling taxpayer money to campaign donors in the guise of green energy, giving automatic weapons to drug cartels, ignoring current immigration law, promoting welfare and food stamp dependency, and the list goes on.</p><p>The premise that we must abandon democracy and accept socialist/Marxist transformation because nobody may criticize a black person is absurd.</p><p><em>Tom Kaye</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Laws of nature</h3>
<p>To the editor: Nature is the foundation of all things and the essence of life itself.</p><p>Humans once lived in harmony with nature. Some still do. We call them indigenous, aboriginal, uncivilized and even heathens. Yet, they did not violate nature as we do today. With all our intelligence and technology, we have learned to ignore the laws of nature. We have set ourselves above and superior to it, thus ignoring the fruits of some of human nature’s most valuable gifts that are not necessarily apparent.</p><p>We have let our lust for power, greed and world dominance blind us from those natural attributes that really enhance life, not only for ourselves but for all life on our planet.</p><p>If we really wanted to rule the world, we might try understanding universal and human nature. Therein lies power such as we have never seen. But it isn’t dominating power  it is a foundational power. A power, when in cooperation with the natural laws of the universe, produce all the basic virtues that we all hope for, such as kindness, honesty, fairness, caring, respect, appreciation, affection and love. But these will only be realized when we humble ourselves and seek a new set of values.</p><p><em>Don Keefauver</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p>